Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-03-06
CHAPTER III.
SHIRLEN.

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hled down over her wide brown eyes. she
was continually in trouble, always drawing
on the rest for help and sympathy.
Whatever will become OF
said their mother.
Whatever will become OF the whoie
pacL?" said their father. You cant
teach them all any longer. They ought"
he i'm school this day, every little pest oil
them. But where to send them l don't
know. We can't let them away from
home, can WEI
Their mother shook her head. 1t would
have been like sending part OF herself away;
II know what to do with 'em.' cried
little Percy. "Send 'em to the new school
teacher. He plays the 'Star Spangled
Banner on the violin, and has a glass ease
full of butterflies and humming birds.
And the BOYS say he goes fishing with
them, and shows them how to baIt u nook
better than old Pete himself ran do ~
He's a good teacher, chinned in Tom.
And he shows the girls how To MAKE
pictures, and he picks the children up
when they get knocked over IN the mnd,
lisDed Brownie.
''They saw he was educated over the sea,
and that he knows Latin and Greek. Yes
and he can write poetry, too. They never
had a teacher here before who could write
poetry" -.
It was an other voice that spoke this
time-a voice that had 4 sweet, thrllllhg
ring. 1t was Shirley who spoke.
Shirley was the flower and the star OF
them all.
Older bv several years than any OF the
other. she exercised remarkable influence
over then. Indeed, among the children
they knew. she was the head anil the
leader Not that she seemed old and over
grlve for her years. No sweeter, sumner
rhild alive than she. Her merry, ripping
lauUhter WAS like the music OF u bird II
Her hair WAS light brown. She wore 1t III
the fashion of the time, in long, heavy
hraids She WAS tall and strong log her
wears. with straight, black eyebrows, anu
large beautiful eyes, black at an"
clear bright gray in the daytime. ""hucr-
fnI eyes they were, rejecting, rs lace
answers to face in the glass, the many Slu-
pd nature of the soul within. Now they
flashed with scorn and anger, like fire from
Il, flint. aooin they were tender and pearly
~ the dewdrop i'm the heart al q MY,
Sometimes an intensely seeing, rapt LOOK
Law i'm them, rs THOUGH Ill the things that
are had been somehow burned away IN the
white fire of thought, and this child looked
FIR beyond and saw centuries into the
future. and the things that are to bc. They
were strangely magnetic too. She drew
whom she chose toward her nv 4 look.
when Shirley looks at you, you must
rnme." said Brownie.
She was q very child in some respects,
innocent and trusting, believing every
thing that was told her, - it she had been
; wears old. As q scholar Sh" was the
pride Of her perentS and the prodigy or the
neipbborhood. MI studies came alike to
her: she was easily master in them MI. In
practical matters il WAS the same. What
Fever work needed to be done, Guch rs little
country maidens were wont tn prrinm, her
ouicl-. strong hands could accomplish more
rppidlv than another. Her light, patient
feet were always ready to run mrrrily nj
her mothers call. Shirley sOOthed the
hahica and mendcd their little Garments;
Shirley wee,lcd the garden and gathered IN
the vegetables. and she sang ah0nt her
work like a rcdhirl. She could swim. row
q boat and ride n Wild colt. and among al
the children was uoncS0 noct q Gnota" she,
this strong, bright. happy Girl.
''Our Shirlrv'S - good rs n hoy, aid
Tom. "Shc can do everything There
never was a girl like her
4 girl who was ~ COOL rs 4 hoy for =
''pqrd" and vet could make even hOys
stand hack when she felt like there was
2 superior being, indeed.
How they loved her. father aud mother.
brothers and sisters. She idolized them
too. she reveleRin her affections. Ifwh1t-
ever she undertook she could accomplish
better than other children. $ her child
friends felt. somehow, that Shirley could
love them more than other people could.
Her parents knew that Shirley would have
zone through Gre for them. Hers was n
nature of flame and steel and crystal, and
vet on one side of il of pearly tenderness
and gentleneSS, too.
An uncommon destiny vas predicted tor
the child. Her remarkable beauty at
tractCd attention from all. To the fine,
high bred featurs& brilliant eyes and
stright, blark eyebrows, was added 4 COM
pleXiOn rose tinted and radiant. With
every passing emotion the exquisite color
and went in her cheek like the Chang
ing on the burning breast of n dove. The
expression of her face was varied rs the
tintS of the many hued sea, But the
tenancs told always of soul fullof truth
and strength, sunny sweetness and sing,
leness Of purpose.
An a.. =. .L.1l - 40 ~ Ghtrtar
was not turned ont of the common mold.
She was as school girl mightbe, not rs they
are. Even stOlid, average humanity re-
cOgnized the power aud the promise there
was in her. Col. CarStOne was q man of
wealth. His children could have whatever
be and the mother thought was good for
them. What promise oi life could be more
rare and radiant that Shirley's?
Only her father saw something that trOu-
bled him.
''But I'm afraid for Shirley. She is so
easily deceived" he said. people bear
their tate within their own beasts. The
child would lie down and make a bridge
ofherSelf for those she loved, to walk over.
She carries p~redestinatiOn Of m~artyrlOm
within her, somehow"
tom, dear, you always did talk a lit
tie nonsense. YOU know" said his wife.
'Shirley's the merrieSt child lever saw"
"Pore de Lord" said old Sam, she's
got more sense nor anybody | ever seed, !
for a gal"
Shirley looked at her father instantly.
Papa she asked, hasn't q grl rs
much sense as a boy?'
Papa smiled, aud did not answer, a 6rst.
Then he said:
"Find ont for yourself, Shirley" |
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